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• Made his acting debut in film in Pankaj Advani's Sunday (1993).
• Donned the role of the founder of Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, in the Bollywood biopic Sardar (1994).
• Is one of the few actors in the world to play the most dreaded terrorist Osama Bin Laden in Ketan Mehta's TV series called Time Bomb 9/11, that ran from June-December 2005.
• Had fainted in a washroom in the middle of the night and injured his head in 2014 during the shooting of a Bhojpuri film in Gujarat.
• Had shot for the film Rang Rasiya (2014) much before his illness, which became his last release.
• Was offered a nominal amount of Rs. 10,000 by CINTAA (Cine & T.V Artistes Association), following his paralysis, which was declined by his wife Shobha.
• Had relocated from Mumbai to Jaisalmer and then to Jaipur due to financial constraints following his paralysis.
• Was helped financially by Bollywood actors Irrfan Khan, Manoj Bajpayee and Aamir Khan after he was hospitalised following paralysis.
• Passed away on January 7, 2018 at age 60 in Jaipur, Rajasthan.